Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 251,706.00 |
| Auction Date | July 28, 2018 - July 28, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 206,170.00 |
| Sale Number | #62 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 323,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 616 | ||
| Sold Lots | 463 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 315,470.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 75.16% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 474,625.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 153 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 53.03% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 556 | Orlik, Emil. | Aus Japan. |
1904 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 18,000.00 |
| 369 | Declaration of Independence] Peter Force Engraving of the Declaration of Independence. |
USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 16,800.00 | ||
| 383 | Hopps, H.R (1869 – 1937). | Destroy This Mad Brute/Enlist. |
ca. 1917 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 12,000.00 |
| 329 | Arthur, Chester A.] | Large Signed Photographic Portrait of Chester A. Arthur. |
Circa 1882. | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,200.00 |
| 445 | Hefner, Hugh. | Extensive Archive of Early Hugh Hefner Correspondence. |
1943-46. | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 468 | Photo Archive Documenting the 1930s-50s Chicago Jazz and Night Club Scene. |
1930s-50s | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 | |
| 372 | Civil Rights] (King, Martin Luther Jr.) March for Freedom Now! |
1960 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 408 | U.S. Civil War] Important Diary of a Civil War Soldier While Incarcerated at Andersonville Prison. |
1864 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 121 | Baum, L. Frank. | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. |
1899 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 283 | The Traveller’s Tour Through the United States. |
1822 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,360.00 | |
| 464 | Johnson, Jack. | Jack Johnson Publicity Photo, Inscribed and Signed. |
ca. 1920s. | USD 900.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
| 234 | Turnerelli, Edward Tracy. | Russia on the Borders of Asia. Kazan, The Ancient Capital of the Tartar Khans. |
1854 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 446 | Hefner, Hugh. | Archive of Hugh Hefner Letters, Photos, and Ephemera. |
1980s-2000s. | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 341 | Patton, S. | George, Jr. George Patton ALS to Sister. With Seven Original Snapshot Photographs. |
1916 | USD 2,200.00 - 2,400.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 454 | Hefner, Hugh. | Over Twenty-Five Year Run of Invitations to Hugh Hefner’s New Year’s Eve, Halloween, and “Midsummer Night" Parties at the Playboy Mansion. |
1980s-2010s. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 567 | Warhol, Andy. | Tate Gallery Exhibition Booklet, Signed on the Cover by Warhol. |
1971 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 38 | Gibran, Kahlil. | Jesus. The Son of Man. |
1928 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 522 | Wright Brothers] Pilot’s License Signed by Orville Wright. |
1927 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,160.00 | |
| 337 | Churchill, Winston. | Winston Churchill TLS Regarding Marlborough: His Life and Times. |
1936 | USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 486 | Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse | Theatre] Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse Signed Contract for “Anything Goes." |
1953 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 533 | An 18th Century Continental Ivory Sundial/Compass. |
18th Century | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,920.00 | |
| 347 | Kennedy, John F.] | John Kennedy’s Personally Owned Zippo Lighter. |
1950s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 548 | Hunter, Dard. | A Papermaking Pilgrimage to Japan, Korea, and China. |
1936 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 282 | Shelf of 25 Books on Superstitions, Occultism, Spiritualism, Hypnotism, and Related Subjects. |
1890s-1910s. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,560.00 | |
| 420 | Crime-Mugshots] Large Collection of American Mugshot Photographs. |
1900-1930s. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
